US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on March 17 for "Disinfecting cap for open female luer devices" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,260, issued on March 17, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Disinfecting cap for open female luer devices" was invented by Alan R. Dombrowski (Woodbury, Minn.) and John C. Detloff (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a cap configured for removable attachment a medical device. The cap has a body with an opening, a bottom, and a chamber defined between the opening and the bottom. The cap has a wall of the chamber comprising a thread originating proximate the opening and extending into the chamber by a height. The height of the thread increases as a function of increasing distan...